The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that... The British drama - Página 358por British drama - 1804Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 páginas
...eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass !...upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works) he must delight in virtue ; And... | |
| 1823 - 392 páginas
...eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ?...shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it. Here will I hold—If there's a Power above us, And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works,... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 286 páginas
...Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass:' The wide, th' unbounded prospect lies before me; But shadows, clouds,...upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, (And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works,) he must delight in virtue; And... | |
| William Scott - 1823 - 396 páginas
...Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ! The wide, th' unbounded prospect lies before me : But shadows, clouds,...upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a power above us, (And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he must delight in virtue ; And... | |
| William Enfield - 1823 - 412 páginas
...Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ! The wide, th' unbounded prospect lies before me ; But shadows, clouds,...upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a power above us, (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works,) he must delight in virtue ;... | |
| Samuel Putnam Waldo - 1823 - 418 páginas
...him. He might have exclaimed, in the language of an inimitable, although not a very modern bard — " The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before me, But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it." The second quality enabled him, when entered into the dreadful brunt of devastating warfare, to brave... | |
| Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 458 páginas
...eternity to man. Eternity ! them pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ?...upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, (And that there is, -all nature cries aloud] Through all her works) he must delight in virtue;... | |
| 1824 - 660 páginas
...eternity to man. Eternity ! Thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass!...upon it. Here will I hold: If there's a Power above us, (And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works, he must delight in virtue ; And... | |
| British poets - 1824 - 676 páginas
...Don Sebastian. Eternity, thou pleasing dreadful thought ! Thro' what variety of untry'd beings, Thro' what new scenes and changes must we pass ? The wide,...; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Addison's Cato. Eternity, thou awful gulph of time, This wide creation on thy surface floats. Of life... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1825 - 288 páginas
...Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes, must we pass? The wide, th' unbounded prospect lies before me ; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there 'sa Pow'r above us, (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works,) he must... | |
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